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In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/Raritan Bay Beach
Raritan Bay Beach, New Jersey
Beach in Middlesex County, New Jersey56°
65°/54°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 56°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (62%).
Now. Raritan Bay Beach is 56° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 56°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 78°, and the coolest Saturday, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%) and Saturday (69%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
73%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
56feels56
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
6554
14%
Fri
Oct 16
7855
75%
Sat
Oct 17
5447
69%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5738
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6042
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6545
12%
Wed
Oct 21
6449
mostly clear day
56°
65°54°
78°55°
54°47°
57°38°
60°42°
65°45°
64°49°
As of 10:00 PM in Raritan Bay Beach, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at Raritan Bay Beach
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Central (NJ), 6 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good9.1 mi
- Ozone26Good23 ppb9.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6 ppb10.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb13.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm13.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 15
- 40FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Raritan Bay Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Raritan Bay Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 26°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 28.4 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 10 s
- From
- ESE (121°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 10 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 3 s from ESE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 28.4 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (121°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | ESE (112°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 9 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | ESE (122°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (74°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | ENE (71°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (27°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NE (55°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (31°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (163°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | SSE (167°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SSE (158°) |
Beach
- County
- Middlesex County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 40.4526° N
- Longitude
- 74.2288° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Raritan Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Perth Amboy USGS weather station403014074154401
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
LindenLDJ
At an airfield/11.4 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Old Bridge Twp 5.1 NENJ-MD-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/25 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeholdFRHN4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/177 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Jersey
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Raritan Bay Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Laurence Harborcommunity, 1 mi
- Cliffwood Beachcommunity, 1 mi
- Keyportborough, 2 mi
- Matawanborough, 3 mi
- Union Beachborough, 3 mi
- South Amboycity, 3 mi
- Madison Parkcommunity, 4 mi
- Strathmorecommunity, 4 mi
- Sayrevilleborough, 5 mi
- Brownvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Perth Amboycity, 5 mi
- Keansburgborough, 5 mi
Beaches near Raritan Bay Beach
- Seidler's Beachunder 1 mi
- Seidler Beachunder 1 mi
- Cliffwood Beachunder 1 mi
- Laurence Harbor Beachunder 1 mi
- Paul's Beach1 mi
- Hooks Creek Lake Beach2 mi
- Belvedero Beach5 mi
- Ideal Beach6 mi